DE6903348U - FOLDABLE BOTTLE CASE - Google Patents

Description

eg.no. VPG 3% a. Frankfurt / Main, January 23, 1969

PT-IIsr / cl

VARTA PLASTIC GH3H Wachtersbach, _Hess en

Additional hinged bottle crate

f The furnace concerns a collapsible bottle

box for storing and transporting, in particular

\ Drinks bottles rnd the like, the bottom of a box

and an intermediate floor as stiffening support elements

for the erected box between its articulated Has interconnected box wall parts.

The usual compact JIaschenkästen r 3 wood, metal, \ or plastic as well as required for sending filled \ return transport of empty bottles. · With the introduction of the newly developed so-called ■ th disposable bottles, however, came a significant disadvantage j this bottle case to light, since these Einx ^ egflasdien are only transported once when full and no longer appear as empties for the return transport. Accordingly, only the empty bottle crates flow back, which, due to their bulkiness, take up large storage and transport spaces.

There has therefore been no lack of attempts to reduce the storage space required for the empty boxes. For example is in the German utility model 1 937 04-9 collapsible bottle crate described. This Box, the side wall parts of which are hinged together by hinge strips, has a removable box bottom and a removable one. Intermediate floor.

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These floors also serve as stiffening support elements for the erected box. The hinged c-r are arranged in this box so that in collapsed State of the box forms receiving pockets for the box bottom and the intermediate bottom.

This arrangement has. the advantage that the box can be used in the simplest possible way for the transport of other goods, e.g. of fruits or the like can be switched, if the intermediate floor, which is only used for transporting bottles to prevent them from hitting each other and falling out of the bottles is necessary, removed from the box. On the other hand, this construction has the essential Disadvantage that the Eoden as individual parts when stacking or when transporting the folded boxes from iloren bags slip out and can also be lost under unfavorable circumstances.

With a collapsible box of the type explained in more detail above, these disadvantages are thereby increased in price eliminates the fact that the box bottom and intermediate bottom on the box walls, preferably on the side walls of the box, fastened with joints and can be folded up.

In the following isi, a collapsible bottle crate explained in more detail according to the furnace with reference to the figures.

FIG. 1 shows a set up empty bottle crate in perspective, FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section through two bottle crates placed one on top of the other with a bottle placed therein. '"""'

In the case of the present bottle crate, the .Side parts 1 with the front parts 2 are movably connected by the vertical hinge straps 3.

The hinge straps 3 did not run at the four corners, but within the end faces. As a result, the side parts, which are already reinforced by ribs, become even more rigid and in this way the pockets for receiving the base 4 and the intermediate base 5 are formed after the four wall parts have been folded together. The pockets between the folded wall parts are closed at the bottom by the strips 6 and 7, which protrude inwards at right angles! Are arranged on the lower sand of the wall parts 1 and 2 and also serve as supports for the box bottom 4 when the box is opened. "" ■ ¹ - ^; '·' ·

When the box is completely set up, the intermediate floor 5 lies on a hand running approximately halfway up the height, for example as a projection of the inner wall surface. Box part 2 appears in the figures. . _; , ..

The two floors ^L Y and 5 are rectangular plates with rounded corners, which have all around running, right-angled edges and reinforcing longitudinal and transverse ribs. Both floors are divided by the edges and reinforcement ribs into an equal number of square fields, each with a round hole in the putty, which has a smaller diameter at the bottom 4 and a larger diameter at the intermediate floor 5. The bottom 4 is arranged in ITornalfalle so that the compartment formed by the edges and reinforcing ribs points upwards, while the intermediate floor is preferably arranged so that the compartment points downwards. In this way, the bottles intended for normal use receive their most secure storage, because the ribs on the intermediate base 5 then reach down approximately to the thickest parts of the bottle bellies and prevent them from hitting one another.

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In the side parts 1 and 2 of the bottle crate, the individual fields are between the clasps and hinges filled with smooth plastic walls, with the exception of each of the middle field. These open compartments, close enough to the top of the bottle crate, make it easier the loading of the boxes. One can do this in this way For example, grasp the box with one hand and carry it away.

According to the present innovation, the box bottom 4 is provided with two opposing hinge pins 10, which engage in corresponding recesses in the side walls 1. The bottom 4 can thus be folded up and is captively attached to the box.

The intermediate floor 5 also has two opposite ·; · Hinge pins 12 which engage in the recesses 8. It is therefore rotatable and can be pushed further down into the end position in these recesses after it has been folded up will. An additional snap-in opening 9 can be provided at the lower end of the recess 8. In Figure 1, the area is continuous recess 8 designated by 11. ·: .-, ..

The example shown shows only one possible embodiment of the articulated connection of floors and side walls. the The same success can be achieved if the pivot pins on the side walls and the correspondingly shaped recesses on the Side bars of the floors are attached. There are also versions with subsequently attached to the side walls or to the floors Trunnions, which can also consist of metallic material, for example, are possible. . . ·

Due to the joint-like connection between the side walls and the floor a compact one-piece design of the bottle crate is achieved; this is the captivity of the soil without obstruction of the Sequence of movements when dividing and folding the box secured./ -Protective breaches-

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Claims (5)

Rep; .. Fr. VPG 35 a: .Prh3ak £ w.Vb / Hain, don 2 ;;. 1 1969 Y PT-Ksr / cl S c 'h u t ζ a η s ρ r ü c h e 1. Collapsible bottle crate for storing and transporting in particular beverage bottles or the like, dc-r a crate bottom and an intermediate bottom ale vorstei -) and intermediate floor (5) attached to the quay walls, preferably on the side walls (1) with joints and can be folded up. 2. Collapsible bottle crate according to claim 1, characterized marked that box floor (4-) and intermediate floor (5) are provided with pivot pins (iOu.12), which are in recesses in engage the side walls (1). 3. Collapsible bottle crate according to claim 1, characterized in that gelerik pegs are arranged on the side walls (1) which engage in recesses in the box bottom ( ¹ V) or intermediate bottom (5). 4. Collapsible bottle crate after sweeping or sweeping the Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the pages ■ wall parts (1 and 2), which are articulated by hinge straps (3) are connected to each other, as well as box floor (4-) and intermediate floor (5), made of plastic. 5. Collapsible bottle crate according to one or more of claims 1 to 4 ·, characterized in that the The hinge parts for attaching the intermediate floor (5) and box floor (4-) are made of metal. / fr,. ii Ij j